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Sacramento‑Yolo mosquito district briefs Folsom council on West Nile, invasive Aedes and new sterile‑insect pilot
Summary
District staff told the Folsom City Council about local surveillance results, West Nile risks and rising detections of invasive Aedes aegypti. Officials previewed sterile insect technology (SIT) pilots and urged residents to eliminate backyard standing water and sign up for notifications at fightthebite.net.
An annual presentation by the Sacramento‑Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District on May 13 updated the Folsom City Council on local mosquito surveillance, disease risk and control strategies.
Steve Ramos, assistant manager for the district, said mosquito season in the region typically runs from May through October and that recent spring rains increase breeding in small containers, pools and yard debris. He described an integrated mosquito‑management approach that includes public information and outreach, surveillance traps, bird testing (West Nile virus is a bird‑mosquito‑human cycle), biological control using mosquito‑eating fish, ecological management with…
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